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ty. Can ’get top price* !
homes or equity. List your r
estate .wants with
Realty Company, Bayt
Phone 801.
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ing for three year old
Mother employed. Telepl
La Porte 3662 after 5 p.m,
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WANTED TO BUY
Used furniture, radios, stoves,*
anything of value. Best !
_ prices — get the other fel
price and then see me, W.j
Hall, 812 Main Street ‘
Phone 1317.
Nice, clean linen rags. No butt
No overalls or khakis..
Sun.
ny kind of furniture or anyL.
of value. Cowcy Furniture, 1
Main Street, La Porte. *■
Gas cook stove; Electrolux or (
trie ice box, Breakfast
Telephone 1330.
Small tricycle. Good coitditioaj
can be repaired. TelePj
1259-W. 261'*
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wheels with or without F
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Wright Street.
WAITED TO RENT
Neatly burnished four or -
room house by three adults,U
gftc references. In or near#
town, Goose Creek or W
ploycc of Stone and, W*o
Construction- Company*,
Valentine 20155, Houston
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8533 Washington Avenue,
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TclOphone 504-W before ^
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No.—
GOOSE CREEK, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL, 13, 1944
EDS APPLY
“
S*M*i
lilies Fight
:k To Halt
Advance
U. S. Airmen Bomb Japs On 4000-Mile Arc
Planes Range Over South, Central, North Pacific
low At Rearr Threatens
Ltire Front Line Of,
Lader* From Burma
PEARL HARBOR, April 13. O'
American bombers, demonstrat-
ing’ the grbWiitgTAllled power In
the Pacific, swept Japanese air
and naval bases along a 4,000-
mile front from Northern Japan
to New Guinea in a two-day of-
mushira and the Kamchatka pen
Insula of Siberia.
Liberators from forces under
both Arm. Cheater W. Nlmltx
and Gen. Douglas. MacArthur
combined in attack* on the Car-
olines;
while similar-type bomber* from
the Central Pacific returned to
the (Tarolines the next day to
hit Orolak, 226 mile* east of,
Truk. v ■>
Marshalls Bases Hit
„„ DELHI, April 13. TH> —
Luster-attacking allied troops
Use Jepfl—*- fram a.
5g StloTlh riThllls south-
of Imphal after a bitter,
-■rcdpma~battl*, w-rctottnwtri--'
, reported today.
.prise Yank Attack „
Fsimultaneously, it was revea!-
that an American infantry
koltimn. striking suddenly
ferou^the Kumon mountains in
[orth-Central .Burma, had driv-
to within 20 miles of the main
Goanese base at Myitkyina, im-
trilling the entire enemy posi-
Eon on that front.
|(A Japanese Dome! News agen-
iv broadcast recorded by the
Bolted Press in .New York s%id
Jeayv fighting has been in prog-
ess below Imphal for more than
6 hours and claimed that “In-
o-Japanese” units had broken
jhrough a corner of the British
pefenses to reach the Imphal
, almost wtthih sight of the
feftsive that carried to within
1100 miles of Tokyo, it was re-
vealed today
force ef Liberator*, escorted by
ftghter planes, in a daylight at-
tack that caused heavy damage
Wewak Set. Afire , , - '........*..........-
Medium bombers and attack
planes dropped 59 tons of exploe- .. - - —... — - .... -------- -
____........fe » tfie Wewak Area, too Intensive Air Warfare
, , Army, navy and marine bomb- miles north of Hansa Bay. Biv- _ 1*1 Av/
Truk Hit 17th Thu* erg continuing the non-stop at- oaac. supply and defense Bec-^ Un 5IXtn Mraignt Uay
Central Pacific bomber* raid- tucks on .isolated Japanese ba*e* tion* were bombed and atrafed if
ed Moon and Dublon islands in in .the Marshalls, hit four enemy Wewak and nearby Roram. and
Truk atoll Monday for* the 17th positions Monday and blasted lari* fires started In fuel depots,
raid in a month on-the CaraJUiw ..iftiWMWM Tuesday. ’nse. tip S^k^ xutley. 50 mile*
bastloa. itarting line fires nad . were not Identified and the same south of Hansa,, bay, attack
explosions in the town of Dtib- •po*lti6hs may hsve been attack* plarws destroyed a number of
Ilf.
Soviets In Outskirts
Of Simferopol Close
Aflied Bombs Trap On 150,000 Nazis
U. S. And RAF Comm. JgKLSttSSS BSt
South Reich
Battered By
Attacking from three sides of
the Pacific, U. S. airmen struck
the enemy from, the Kurile is-
lands at the northern end « the. ----7- s ln tSe toWn of Dlib. .positiShs may have been attack- plants destroyeo a numner o,
^^^“^'.m^ l. rhf rVntral to and--cratering Meon.-airstrip, ed on. both days. A. f(®hter pilot....buildings..;*!.- M«tlC.nhvug,.. .w]Ulc
Pacific" tf ^ Guimm a^ N^v with direct MU Only one of was forced down Monday near light naval unit, sank or dam-
Britain in- the “ southwest.
Aleutian Planes Out
In consecutive attacks Monday
and Tuesday, Liberator bombers
from Aleutian bases hit Matsu- j
wa island, 1069 miles north * of*
Tokyo, twice for the third raid
in a month; Onnekotan island,
100 miles south of Japan's big
naval base at Paramushiro, and
Shumushu island between Para-
six. enemy planes sighted at,
tempted -to intercept the raiders
but caused no damage. •
Ponape, 400 miles east of Truk,
was hit three times in two days
by navy Liberators and army
Mitchells to complete the 18th
attack in 11 days,
MacArthur's Liberators struck
Nomoi atoll. 150 miles southeast
of Truk, on Monday, dropping
explosives on Satawan airdrome,
__American bake
Atoll, but was rescued
Majuro
by a de-
stroyer. ........- .-
Iftxthe Southwest Pacific, ap-
aged
point. |
■atfoy
OtllCI
proximately 2700 miles due south
of Tokyo;. Billy Mitchell medium
bombers atuj Liberators swept a
150-mile stretch of the ndrthern
New Guinea coast.
The already battered area
around Hansa Bay was hit with
210 tons of bombs by a strong eriffend
-X ■ ' - v? J&f
four barges at Neptune
. u Ten other barges were
destloyed north of Dagtta arid
another hear Aifftpfe'. lOO mdcs*
north of Wewak,
O# isolated New Britain in
the . Bismarck archipelago, light
’ ters from Solomons bases
_ 30 tons of bombs on
Tobira runway arid on the Tnlt-
U bgy supply aretiS In the north-
axis troops in the Crimea were “reaching the outskirts of
both Simferopol, the capital, and the south coast port of
London, April l*. lUJb—strong Feodosiya in a pincers drive toward the big Sevastopol na*
femes of Liberator bomber* and val base.
Fiying^Kortmt^. attwked Aug*- Soviet lanks ralled oVer the app£B*obfi«'te,the two cities
SMSSKir « «>e Red .jr fore, ud tb,
tendon.,, Ap:ii a.complete airj^d.m.pj.9.ckag«‘.^Li»e Crimea, pregBmapi>
fui bomber force* swept eastward bottling up the largest axis force since 300,000 troops were
AgMnat the continent today, the . killed or captured «t AmH
of the island:
ris=
Assault Claimed
f (Dome! said the Japanese of-
lensive was launched at mid-
ight Tuesday on the west shore
i Loktak lake, and said {he
British had been driven from the
_ of Tolhong, just north of
joirang and less than 25 milps
Jlow Imphal.)
[ The allied communique indicat-
that the main Japanese ni-
forces striking across the
na frontier from the south
J reached the edge of the Im-
|v Allies tight Off. Page t)
Police Continue
Seaixh For Qri
In Soldier Death
More 1944 Civilian Goods
Move Due Despite Labor Freezes
Mother Of Two Missing
Since Day Of Murder
HOrSTON, Tex.,< Ajril 18. (U.R)—
The body of Mrs. Angelina Godi-
imx was found by her two brothers
today in the lonely wood where
two young boys stumbled across
her murdered soldier companion
Tuesday evening, She was shot
with..* shotgun.........—......;
ieral Friday
Mrs. Ward
Aqed Woman, Resident
CO Years, Dies Here
[ Funeral services will be held
14 n.m., Friday at the Tri-Cit-
Funera! Home chape! for
. Anna Elizabeth Ward, 76,
, died at 1:45 p.m., Wednes-
at the home of her daugh-
■ Mrs. Hub Bounds.
IA native of Louisville, Ky.',
Ward had lived in Goose
sek 20 years.
I Rev. C. E. Bullock, pastor of
■he -Normangee First Baptist
duirch. will , officiate at the
rneral services. Burial will be
i Hill of Rest cemetery under
pectlon of the Tri-Cities Fun-
psi Home.
[ Survivors include one sort, J. A.
W*rd of Houston; ope daughter,
jn Bounds: six grand children.
Mr# J. D. Adcox of Goose Creek;
pines Bounds, of the U. S. Coast
«Md; Robert Hounds of the U.
Navy. Bill Bounds of Goose
'“k; Joe Ward, Jr., of Hous-
and W. C. Frederick of
Istioma; four great grand-
HOUSTON, April 13. O!—With
no clues to guide them, sheriff's
deputies today continued a
search for tjie missing woman
friend of a slain soldier as spec-
ulation grew that a gang of
’teen-age hoodlums killed the two
"for fun.”....................—.—.............. y
Samples To Austin
Sheriff Neal Polk flew to Aus-
tin with samples frijm two pools
of blood found near the body of
T-4 Nick Saenz in a lonely wood
Tuesday night. State laboratory
technicians' will analyze the blood
specimens in an attempt .to de-
termine whether ,Mrs. Angelina
Godinez, 25, was slain with the
33-year-old soldier. -
Authorities clung to their
theory that Mrs. Godinez, moth-
er of two children, was murdered
by the same assailant who took
the life of ‘her soldier friend.
Her estranged husband was
held without charge for question-
ing in the case, but Deputy Sher-
iff Jake Colca said the man ap-
parently knew nothing pertinent
^to-a solution of the mystery.
A military autopsy last night
disclosed that Saenz* was killed
by a blast from a small-gauge
shotgun. The weapon had not
(See Police Continue, Page 2) ,
WASHINGTON, April 13.
War production board .plans to
boost 1943 output of a few, civil-
ian goods ~ including electric
ranges, bed springs and ice refri-
gerators — probably will go
through as scheduled despite the
freeze on civilian production in
critical labor areas, officials said
today.
The. freeze order provided that
civilian production in the criti-
cal' areas during the second
quarter of the year cannot ex-
ceed levels for the same items in
the first quarter. But, It was
Scheduled T6r Ihcrehsed produc-
tion this year will be affected
little if at all.
The schedules call for:
Electric ranges — 64,000 were
originally scheduled for 1944, but
the figure has been boosted to
88,000 three-burner and stand-
ard four-burner ranges.
Cooking utensils — WPB has
scheduled cast-iron cooking ware,
production, at approximately pre-
war levels, cautioning, however,
that manpower problems may
keep output down.—
Galvanized wftW) -^ quotas for
lines Supplying'
•mans In Italy
Target Of Allies.
Ground Fighting Lulls
At Cassino And Anzio
me lust yuai u
explained, most items scheduled the year have been pushed con-
to «*me out of factories in great- sideraWy above" 1943, when last
numbers this year have been quarter output totaled .69,000 (loz-
ailocated , in almost equat quar
terly quotas and hence will not
suffer.
In the case of electric irons,
however, _ the. order brought a
sharp reduction. An original
plan to produce 2,000,000 this
year for civilians was pared
down yesterday to 200,000, all to
be made by manufacturers in
non-critical labor areas.
Most other items in the .small
group of civilian durable goods
washtubs, 224,000 dozen buck-
ets and pails. »
Silver - plated flatware —- the
year’s schedule calls for about
105,000,000 knives, fork* tea-
spoons and dessert spoons—ap-
proximately 25 per cent, abttvc
1943. '
Alarm clocks — production is
running at about 3,300,000 a
year and ■ the Industry estimates
It can Increase output* by 15 per
(See More Civilian, Page *)
Humble Day Set For May 13
Annual Event Moved To A Saturday
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Na-
ples. April 13,-iT.R)—Ground fight-
ing remained stalemated on the
Italian front, a communique dis-
closed today, while allied bombing
squadrons again hit German rail-
road supply lines from Central
Italy to the French Riviera,
~ Sharp patrol fighting and ar-
IjlkiH (Hull train were rtpotUFl
froHrthe Anzio beachhead and on
the main Fifth army front below
Rome, where German skirmisher*
- were reeonnditering the Allied line
all along the Garigliano valley.
Eighth Arm) Idle .........
The British Eighth army's Ad-
riatic front also remained rela-
tively quiet, apart from two small-
scale German attacks southwest
,o: Crecehio which were repulse*!
by Indian infantrymen and artil-
lery. re-
united Press War Correspondent
Robert V Verihlllion reported in
a front dispatch that the Germans
............ ........... today. —,
sixth liraikht day of a rebord pre
invasion offensive, and Berlin re-
ported strong American bombing.,
fleets overy southwest German
and Hungary.
Nazi broadcasts lacking imme-
diate confirmation reported* in-
tense air battles over Germany
and Hungary between German
fighter* rind United States bomber
forces. The formation over the
pputhwcstrirelcb had a strong
ftghter esbort, they ad<ted.
RAF lla* Busy Night
The outbound parade of bombers
from Britain indicated that the
allied air forces might be engaged
in one of their busiest days yet.
tiijd Nazi broadcasts suggested a
pittwrs assault wttsrirawywwgBt*
of the 1,5th air force striking up
from Italy.
The Royal air force carried the
unprecedented campaign through
the night with a two-way attack
on Osnabruck. Germany, and th«
Hungarian capital of Budapest
from British and Italy.
Two Attacks Reported
Nazi propagandist* broadcast
reports of violent air hgtties over
Hungary between axis fighters
and American bombers apparently
striking another blow at vital tar-
gets ahead of the Red army driv-
ing into the Balkans
Red Cross Gifts
Total $58,876.94
In Final Effort
Chairman laid* Givers
And Workers In,Drive
The Red Cross war fund cam-
paign in the Tri-Cities area net-
ted a total of 858,870,94, 1682 per
cent of the *35,000 quota assign-
ed t« the community at the be-
ginning of the drive, L A. Hale
general chairman, said today in
» final report
The total ’ included the *15.000
given by the Humble Oil and Re-
fining company as an expression
of appreciation for the liberality
of its employes. Without this
gift, the community gave *43,-
876.94, exceeding the quota by
25.3 per cent.* *
Quotas Exceeded
' Mr. Hale pointed Out that
practically every division had
exceeded the quota assigned to
It. •'This* is a testimony to the
V- - •:......
RtMI-il
grad.
-Officers and Men Flee
Commanding officer* and staff*
abandoned .many German and Ro- .
manlan units in headlong flight
toward Sevastopol after .eslstance
collapsed in the-lshun hills to Un
north and on the Kerch peninsula '
to the esst.
Following the example of their
loaders, axis troops abandoned
their equipment and boarded
trucks for a frantic rage aouth
and west, but a front dlapiteh
said Soviet planes overtook and
halted them with bomb* and ma-
rhlne-gun bullets.
HfLD<
It s sol
strong bomber formations flew in
over Southwestern .Germany, but
gave* no detail* immediately.
The air Ministry announced .that
RAF Mosquito night raiders drop-
ped a great number of bombs on
Osnabruck, big German rail* anc
(See Allied Bombers—Rage 2)
Nasi Commander* Taken - *•
. Russian tanks were credited
with capturing several German
and Romanian commanders who
were fleeing southward (rottt the
Ishun hills by automobile. A, Ro-
manlon division, forced to flee on
foot, dispersed in the CHtnMn
plains.
(A German traneoeoan dispatch,
acknowledged that Soviet forces
were continuing to “press on
along two rranta In Grim** with
fast superior motorised and in-
fantry forces”)
A 43-mile advance in • UW#
tt mm M-houre koMoood Uto
formu
Po
riojoy#
— avol
1 is
greatest ever achieved by * Soviet
artny- brought elements of Gen
Red army- orougm ... ■ V -9
' 0084 for “ur
Draft Handling
Blasted By Taft
launched a coordinated air and ar-
cnirr.Vfi...i »u).. .
sending in waves of fighter-bomb- That 'Won t Be Changed
said. Success of the ,.
also was due in a large measure
to the enthusiasm of the chair-
men and of the solicitors who
worked under them.
Gordon L Famed, coordinator
of the drive, who was instrumen-
tal In selecting Mr. Hale a* gch-
cral chairman, expressed hi* ap-
preciation for the job done. "Mr.
Hale turned in n superb job of
leadership and every person who
worked with him responded nob-
ly,” he said. "The Tri-qtla*
have .cause to be ptOud Of the
outcome."
Simferopol and 43 miles northeast
of Sevastopol at the southwestern
corner of the Crlmea yesterday.
Two Ancient Cities
fM h Tehuantepec
The date for the annual Humble
Day barbecue has been moved up
to. Saturday, May 13,* 'tt was an-
nounced today by Clifford M.
Bond, club entertainment chair-'
man. The change was made at
the regular, monthly meeting of
the board of directors of the or-'
ganizallon last night.
"The date originally was Sun-
dAy, June 25, but has been ad-
vanced to May 13 and scheduled
on Saturday for two reasons,”
Bond said..,"In the first place,
HUmble company officials voiced
Round town
Tri-Cities: Julian Spring
a futile phone call
WANTED USED CA^J
Highest Cash Price* P*1*
- For Lats Model Used C*»
JACK SAUNDERS
• BAYTOWN
Two Ruined cities, containing
stone platforms and large mounds
with square stone facings, have
Veen discovered deep in the-jun-
i a futile phone call ... glos of Mexico's “waistllne"-the
-Jn Young, gas company big- Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Na-
»ere for the day, reports that tional Geographic Society an-
* — - — ■ nounccd today,
One cl the cities had a Wei'-
preserved hall court, paved with
flat, stones and enclosed with
stone embankments. The smaller
of the two was abandoned over
200 years ago. ,
The cities were unearthed by
Dr. Matthew ,W. Stirling.
iur me aay, reports mar
F' now Captain J. Emery Meane
Qnlneg . , , Reports arc
. "''He Moreno continues to
» steady progress afteP his
Mr Illness . . , Delmer <A1-
J, Br°wn keens a date with a
Bob Hatchell explain;
. • . -vu navcncii expitun i
„™en plowing technique . . .
E- ^Harper bcInK brought .to
ited meeting 0,1 ,
you Chapter, J*.
E. S., Masori ,
iar Bayou, . Tn11
i0 p, m. All i
tend. uril
ancc Findcisen.
a Crumpl*^MH
1 Cr**k by both business and
,ttr* * ■ J. John Bradshaw
hi* pretty dog for a ride an
.1*! ‘be same time , . . Rob-
J®!*.. open* the day's toil
■uj a Httle plain and Fancy
KT boxln8 * ■ *E. A.
tlons of the Trl-Cltie* area Would
prefer seeing the barbecue held on
a day other than Sunday, and that
old time barbecue experts who
will have charge of the actual
serving of the food were unani-
moiia in their opinion that the
event should be held ai early as
nossible to avoid too hot weather/’
7 Otto Ramin has been named
general chairman of the food serv-
ing- committee, and will- have full
charge of feeding more than 5009
persons expected for the event.
Serving with Ramin will be M. O.
('•Chief’) Houston, L. M. Trenck-
mann, Miles Worthy and Ray,
Spear. Other members of the
serving committee will be named
by Ramin.
The club directors have decided
tp limit the barbecue to holders
of 1944 membership cards'and the
members of their immediate fami-
lies. In the past, it has been a
practice to sell special tickets
good for the "barbecue dinner only
to the public.
The schedule of events has been
tentatively outlined as follows:
In the morning tennis, badminton
and ping pong tourneys directed
ers and a stream of heavy shells
No damage could be observed ia
the target areas, Vermillion said.
Balkans Founded
While the Mediterranean air
forces swung the main weight of
their offensive against Southern
Germany ahd the Balkans, strong
formations of medium and fighter-
bombers continued their pounding
at the railroad lines on which the
Nazi armies In Southern Italy are
dependent.
•American Marauders swarmed
over Northwestern Italy and the
French RWera, knocking out a
railroad bridge at Albegna and
another across the Var river, just
WASHINGTON, April 13. ILEI -
Members of the house military
affairs committee felt today there
was no need for a basic change In
.the draft system, because the
armed services virtually are at
their peak. > .
But SenatocRobert Taft of Ohio
has called for some clarification
of the present program Taft ac-
cused manpower officials of "con-
fusing every person in the country
between the ages of 18 and 38-
and playing fast and loose with
the exlstahce of American men
and their families.”
Humble Tops List
Of the totat collected em-
ployes of the Humble OH and re-
fining company contributed *28,-
424.44 • and the company's gift
increased this to *43.424.44. Jake
Rutter was general chairman of
the refinery organization and
more than 100 men and womsn
worked' with him.
pic up Red Cross L*ad to -cum.
Report On Town*
In the town sections, Eddie
Cox, chairman at Wooster, re-
ported *267.79; Mrs. J. P. Helf-
(Sre Red Cross Otfla. Page. 8F
west of Nice.
The senator from Ohio recom-
* mended a draft plan to meet the
Stocks Close Today
dinner will be served from 1 p.m.
to 6 p.m.rso all employes may en-
joy it. This schedule will give
all shift workers time to partici-
pate. A ball game featuring the
Baytowh Oilers and another fast
, remi-pro team will be the feature
of Saturday afternoon, and M. V.
Berry has promised to make every
effort' to obtain the star studded
Waco Fliers here. .
There will he dancing at the
Community house throughout the
sfternobn. end Saturday night,
the club will sponsor its annual'
ball. For lovers of soft ball. Ber-;
• ty will schedule a. couple of fast
i.antes during the early evening
hours. ■ *-" ':
probable needs of service. This,
he said, should be announced a*
ftnnf, wvttmt draft registrants can
plan their lives accordingly
“ Saturday To
Resistance 0*«»*lv»s
German and Romanion resist-
ance at the eastern end of the
Crimeo also dissolved under the
impact of the Russian offensive,
with Gen. Andrei Yeremenko's
new Independent coaatal army
completely clearing the Kerch
peninsula, smashing an interven-
ing defens* tins and adv*ncln*tp
within 14 mil** northeast of the
south coast port of Feodosiya.
The fall of Simferopol, on the
northern slops* of the Crimean
mountain range, was considered a
foregone conclusion in the light of
the headlong Russian advance, and
front dispatches said Sevastopol,
less than 40 miles to the south-
wet was expected to yield as
outekly a* did Odessa, another
JRflak. Sea St r onghold ■ captured
Monday.
From Simferopol, a railway and
highway run through fooiMHt to
Sevastopol at a minimum altitude
of 200 to 400 feet. WUh neither
air nor naval support, little proa- *
poet wae *«•»> that the nJ*tn gar-
rison could even nttempt to du-
plicate their Russian ^f«*t of
(See Red Hqueeie Ihit-Page 8)
Romanian Mission In
Moscow Seeking Peace
_________— — (Andy)
rise to A report
imply will not be verified...
’ Cnidge pick* uo a late
«nd reports his fractured
'*■ on the mend
Courtesy Cltlsens National Bank k Trustee.
There*,will also be a number of
sidelight attractions, such a*
Allied Stores .....*■ v.....M
American. Radiator I.i
American Telephone 157»
Anaconda Copper ...36
Nash Kelvinator
National Dairy ‘
North American Aviation
for the kiddles, a checker playing
exhibition. In which state cham-
ANKARA, April 13.-(t'.P)-Balkan
sources In Turkey said today that
a Romanian mission headed by
Vico Premier and Foreign Minis-
ter Mlhai A, Antoneseu Has -left
for Moscow to seek an "honor-
able peace.’.’
'The London Dally Express said
foreign diplomats in London be-
lieved .Romania ha* received de-
tailed peace terms from Russia
with the apporval of the other
United Nations. The terms were
understood to hr genermn, the
Express said.)
•The problem of getting men out
of the army After the war also
was inspiring debate. Members of
the senate military affairs com-
mittee have taken Issue With Drfst
Director Hershey’s proposal to
keep service men In uniform until
they ore sure of civilian Job*. The
senators want to see Amortcnn ar-
mies demobilized as rapidly a*
possible. Senator Style* Bridge*
says using the services as a sort
of reverse WPA won't solve the
post-wsr unemployment problem
BeStrawHat L. A. Woods To Be
Pay Locally Bayou Speaker
Saturday's the day you should
drop that felt — and go forth
with a new straw hat!
Tri-CUle* merchants, in Fri-
day’s edition of The Sun, will tell
you they're ready for the etraw
hat saason- that their stocks sr*
pom pi etc. their selection wide.
Dr. L A. Wood., Mnte superin-
tendent of instruction, will be the
speaker^st dhmmtmewtont of the
Mui^n,^superintendent NM™*1**
ed today. The skerolsee will he
ast-war unemployment problem. d[ipUy rackl resdy for
Senator "Edwin Johnson of Oolo* you to select your new straw!
rado adds: "The moment th* mill- straw Hat day is Saturday ,...
h,,RrvMa»?de Stinson, pastor of
First Christian church ha* been
(ary situation permits, our men
should be released and permitted
to go home. '
so, get ready to get,In th* straw
liknkaMlIi "
invited to preash the
reate sermon May ».
The graduation class will
ber about 35 UH* yaar and I
students will be announced
week. Mr Muston eald.
i.EHEb:r- giS'i .
........ v...... —- - _r, , , The mission wa* said '.o be pre-
pion checker.player* will partlcl- pnred - —------
pate. '• “•—2
Flier In Pacific Top Ace
^“•5Sr«S?^B35 Capt. Bong Beals Gentile Mark
of the war under Russian contrel. r J
Necessary to Live in |
national biscuit CO.
Ke|lv could not help the
EL,. • • ,• Elmer Gray about to
L , ,nn his head trytnv to work
S|).m ,notor • • O. Turner
jenton paMlng the Ume of
..nhottir?,tMk* ■ • ■ Wilbur Lee
K . uhl* co#t »nd really gets
C^vto^k Ral4l‘k Erwi,t
Mkelty •’•.y
Southern Pacific
Sperry Corporation
f'sndsrd Brands
Ralelgb Erwin
. Charlie Wtl-
he long ■
18'1
T7T
................... ...144%
Electric Bond and Share .. *'->
Electric Power gnd Ught .. 4%
» P“°f ......SS •‘ ‘•ndari Oil of Indisns.... 32%
General Motor* .........■•• ** utt 0,1 ..................
Graham Paige
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
It aleo will ask recognition of
Romania’s right to Trsn*»lvanja.
which Hungary likewise claims.
Informants said.
A L L I'R D HEADQUARTERS.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, April II.
Income In Sent To
Local Ration Board
♦
■
/
WASHINGTON April 18. <I’.I0 -
More than 20,000 Japanose dead
have been counted In recent
months In the Southwest and Ccn-
• —777.------ tral Pacific fighting. Secretary of
run Oil .................*5.™ War Henry L fltlmson announced
„ 8unray Oil .................. 5 * tpd|iy>
26% .Tidewater Corporation M’s
Wallace Aide Predicts
Support Of Rayburn
<C.I!)—Ckpt- Richard I Bong of
Poplar, Wta, ws* proclaimed
America’s "Ace of Aces" today In
a communique from Oen. Douglas
MacArthur's headquarter* for
th* ground. All 37 of thpe* de-
stroyed by Bong were shot down
In Combat.*
Bong's credit of 27 planes was
disclosed In an official announce-
ment. And broke th* previous rec-
ord of 26 set by Capt. Eddie Rlck-
Thi* admitted!
world of form*.
Example: The Trl-CIUs#
Price and Ration boar
a letter today which
quarters ror orn oi a ay vai» iwu,,- mvr.
shootlng down his 29th and 37th 'enbacker In the first world war,
planes In aerial combat. and six equalled In this wsr by
rie»7ft'V' ,on,t ®*° **v*
* 1 £ut ' ' ' RfV'
win , . , nev.
late-afternoon
• Mrs. Ksty Isensee
* n«w Investment . . .
itrrison brags on her
Ho. W ahd POwer Oo.
Houston OH
Hudson Motors ........
Humble Oil ..S.........
Jonee ^nd LaughUn .. .
Louisiana Land
AUSTIN, April 13. tr.R)- Harold
today. Young'of Dallas, executive assist-
T-p l*nk and Trust........ MR ^UO^dcad "lap- w** 0uot*d ln lh# Austin Amort- nese plane* during a raid on Hoi-
T-P Coal and Oil ..........t. 17-* on ran today os predicting that th* land!*, New Otilnm, yeaterday.
^1,............between ZehT.nd Texas vote In the Democratic Na- (Capt Don_Oen.il. of Plqua, O..
The P*3» Lighting pilot, who
won hi* wings only a little more
than two yaar* ago, broke th* ex-
isting record for planes- dostroye l
lit the air by bagging two Japa
Lorlilard
Corporation
United Corporation
United Gas.......-I
United States Steel
Walworth .......
Western Union .. I
Wilson Company i
Cotton—down ....
vlile alone between March 8 and
April 8. On New Britain, 4.879
enemy dead have been counted
and 232 prisoner* taken, and en-
emy forces.on New Guinea uj) *3
April 9 have suffered 1,068 count-
ed dead.
• hair/ saw pneruiivnn
' Texas vote In th* Democratic Na-
tional convention will go to
Speaker Sam Rayburn of Bon-
ham. ’
Young was visiting her* yester-
day and oonferred with Gov. Coke
R. Stevenson while here, •
(Capt. Don Oentll# of Plqua, O.,
wa* swarded the title of Ameri-
ca's No. I fighter ace by the
Eighth air force In Britain earlier
this week, but. seven of t
two marine* majors, Jo*
Sioux Falls. 8. D., and Q
Boytngton, Okanogan,
Boylnyton. who has
since ho downed his
ws* awarded the
medal of honor at
it to the
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